I switched channels from the hybrid discussion. I'm referencing the
s-glass.
-----Original Message-----
From: BDally6107@xxxxxxx [mailto:BDally6107@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 11:14 AM
To: drrld@xxxxxxxxxxx; Aikisu@xxxxxxx; swiftsolo@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: s-glass from Sweet
Rob,
Good to hear from you.
This material is supposed to run athwartships--not longitudinally. Because
the material from Sweet is bi-directional (both Kevlar and Carbon runs both
direction) it doesn't matter except that it wasn't wide enough. It would be
wide enough if run across the deck and hull.
It would be a mistake to run the stuff from US composites longitudinally
because all of the carbon is unidirectional (the length of the material) and
needs to be run across the hull and deck, not along it's length. Remember,
Kevlar is for perpendicular loading and carbon is for tension and
compression loading.
I just wanted to make sure that everybody understands that the carbon need
to run across the strips (this is not an issue on the bulkheads where all of
the load is parallel to the length of the strips).
Best regards,
Bram
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